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Show THOUGHT IT MARVELOUS TRICK. Conjuror's Story of Gullibility of Average Aver-age Audience. The light suddenly went out during ono of my performances in Water-bury. Water-bury. A panic was In prospect. However, How-ever, I shouted out: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am about to perform a most marvelous trick, I have here a lemon, but ot courso you can't seo it. I am about to cut It in two and bring out an elephant!" The audience settled down. Squash 1 I cut the lomon. "And now," I said, "tho elephant is gone. It has walked off the stage. But ot course you can't see It but that doesn't matter." Suro enough, there was heard a slow, shuffling sound quito appropriate, although it was mndo by the fat sta'go manager, who was shuffling across the boards In his slippors. The light returned, re-turned, there was much applause and all was well. The next day a man stopped mo in tho street and eatd ho considered that trick the most marvelous mar-velous he had ever seen, and would I be giving It, again that night! It's true! Horaco Goldln, In Cassoll's Magazine ' i |
